Overview
Microsoft Silicon, Cloud Hardware, and Infrastructure Engineering (SCHIE) is the team behind Microsoft’s expanding Cloud Infrastructure and responsible for powering Microsoft’s “Intelligent Cloud” mission. SCHIE delivers the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's over 200 online businesses including Bing, MSN, Office 365, Xbox Live, Teams, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform globally with our server and data center infrastructure, security and compliance, operations, globalization, and manageability solutions. Our focus is on smart growth, high efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to customers and partners worldwide and we are looking for passionate, high-energy engineers to help achieve that mission.
The Data Processing Unit (DPU) team brings together state-of-the-art software and hardware expertise to create a highly programmable and high-performance ASIC with the capability to efficiently handle large data streams. Thanks to its integrated design, this solution empowers teams to operate with increased agility and deliver significantly superior performance compared to CPU-based alternatives.
We are seeking a Software Engineer to join our DPU Runtime Operating System team responsible for developing cutting edge, high-performance, scalable and programmable DPU software.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 2+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python
- OR equivalent experience.
- 1+ year(s) of Computer Architecture and Operating Systems experience, with contributions to operating systems kernels, drivers, or other software.
- 1+ year(s) of broad systems generalist experience with demonstrated initiative to solve problems, address defects, and enhance productivity.
- 1+ years of experience on ARM based systems.
Other Requirements:
- Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings: Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with simulation, emulation and QEMU internals.
- Experience with ARM AArch64 system architecture and ARM Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A)
- Experience with firmware interface standards like UEFI and ARM PSCI
- Experience with deploying Software and/or Platforms at scale
- Experience with Windows driver development
Software Engineering IC3 - The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $100,600 - $199,000 per year. There is a different range applicable to specific work locations, within the San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area, and the base pay range for this role in those locations is USD $131,400 - $215,400 per year.
Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay
Microsoft will accept applications for the role until May 30th, 2025.
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Responsibilities
- Architect and design firmware and software for the DPU Runtime and Control Plane Operating Systems
Develop, maintain, and debug DPU software with a focus on productivity and reliability
Design and implement tools and improvements to streamline development and production debugging
Create and integrate security features to enable next-generation confidential compute capabilities
Contribute to DPU driver code and related host software, supporting DPU-based products across Azure
Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to peers
Collaborate closely with Software and ASIC teams on co-development of next-generation silicon
